Product Description

An intensely moving and uncompromisingly honest story told in the words of a 16-year-old girl who is dying of leukaemia.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #233 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-10
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Sunday Times
'Dealing frankly with teenage life, Before I Die will be the year's most talked-about novel'

Heat
'A novel that won't fail to touch those who read it...will make you happy to be alive'

Synopsis
Tessa has just a few months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her To Do Before I Die list. And number one is sex. Released from the constraints of 'normal' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time finally runs out. "Before I Die" is a brilliantly-crafted novel, heartbreaking yet astonishingly life-affirming. It will take you to the very edge.

Customer Reviews

Mediocore
OK. it's a good plot, with interesting characters but the present tense annoyed me. it makes it difficult to get into. i would recommend it, but it won't be the best book you'll ever read.

Before I Die - Jenny Downham
I found this book pulls at all your emotions you feel happy one minute, angry and sad another. All the characters have important parts in this book, not just Tessa it is not just soley about her. It is book people should read to be aware of what goes on with families in these situations.

It would be great to know what happens next, does Zoey cope with her new baby? Does Mum and Dad get back together? Is Adam able to go to university and leave his Mum?

I recommend anyone to read this, it's short easy read, teens or older. I read it one afternoon sunbathing in my garden.

Petes view
This is a great story and i absolutly love all the characters. zoey is great. it made me weep, smile and above all feel proud to live. the title before i die is helpful and gives a full account of what the book is about:2-do lists! only 1 thing left:
WHERES THE FILM???????????